Etymologically, Abercorn is a Cumbric place-name meaning 'mouth of the river Cornie'. The name of the river itself is also Cumbric and seems to derive from *kernan 'mound, hill' and so to be named after the hill on which Abercorn stands.
The English monk and historian Bede mentions Abercorn as the site of a monastery and seat of Bishop Trumwine who was the only bishop of the Northumbrian see of the Picts. The monastery is now known to have existed close to the present day church. The church itself dates partially from the 12th century, although its most interesting features are the private aisles created for the three major families of the area, the Dalyells, the Hamiltons, and later the Hopes, who had their own enclosure behind the altar built by architect William Bruce. The Hope mausoleum, designed by William Burn, is located in the kirkyard. Older burial monuments include Norsemen "hogback" stones, and fragments of 7th century Northumbrian crosses.
Mbala is Zambia’s most northerly large town and seat of Mbala District, occupying a strategic location close to the border with Tanzania and controlling the southern approaches to Lake Tanganyika, 40 km by road to the north-west, where the port of Mpulungu is located. It had a population of about 20,000 in 2006. Under the name Abercorn, Mbala was a key outpost in British colonial control of this part of south-central Africa. It is headquarters of an administrative district of the Northern Province.
History
A number of archaeological sites in the area (such as at Kalambo Falls) provides a record of human activity in the Mbala area over the past 300,000 years.
Before colonial times, Mbala was the village of Chief Zombe on the Lucheche River. It became the focus of British interest as a result of travels by the explorer David Livingstone, the first European to visit the area, in the 1860s. He was followed some years later by Verney Lovett Cameron who surveyed Lake Tanganyika. Livingstone inspired missionaries of the London Missionary Society to come in the 1880s to Niamkolo on the lake and Fwambo and Kawimbe on the plateau. These missions had links to the African Lakes Company which later set up in Mbala and Mpulungu. The area was ravaged by the slave trade during much of the 19th Century, and the African Lakes Company devoted some efforts to trying to stamp it out. This activity drew in the representative of the British Government in the region, Harry Johnston in Nyasaland, and decisions were taken to strengthen the imperial presence south of the lake and prevent other colonial powers establishing a foothold there.
SAL Evening Lecture: The Anglo-Saxon Period: Histories and Metahistory
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published: 12 Nov 2020
Spring Road Trip Drive To Visit Grangemouth Scotland
Tour Scotland Spring travel video of an April road trip drive, with Scottish music, West on the A904 road on visit to Grangemouth, Scots: Grangemooth; Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ghrainnse, a town in the Falkirk council area. Originally a bustling port, trade flowed through the town with the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal in the 18th century. Nowadays, the economy of Grangemouth is focused primarily on the large petrochemical industry of the area which includes the oil refinery, owned by Ineos, one of the largest of its kind in Europe. The town is twinned with La Porte, Indiana, America. Residents of the town are known as Portonians. Grangemouth was founded by Sir Lawrence Dundas in 1768 as a result of the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal. Originally referred to as Sealock ...
This recording took place at the Society's apartments in Burlington House, Piccadilly. The Society of Antiquaries has recorded this content, with permission of ...
This recording took place at the Society's apartments in Burlington House, Piccadilly. The Society of Antiquaries has recorded this content, with permission of the speaker(s), and made it available on YouTube and through it's website at www.sal.org.uk.
This recording took place at the Society's apartments in Burlington House, Piccadilly. The Society of Antiquaries has recorded this content, with permission of the speaker(s), and made it available on YouTube and through it's website at www.sal.org.uk.
Tour Scotland Spring travel video of an April road trip drive, with Scottish music, West on the A904 road on visit to Grangemouth, Scots: Grangemooth; Scottish ...
Tour Scotland Spring travel video of an April road trip drive, with Scottish music, West on the A904 road on visit to Grangemouth, Scots: Grangemooth; Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ghrainnse, a town in the Falkirk council area. Originally a bustling port, trade flowed through the town with the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal in the 18th century. Nowadays, the economy of Grangemouth is focused primarily on the large petrochemical industry of the area which includes the oil refinery, owned by Ineos, one of the largest of its kind in Europe. The town is twinned with La Porte, Indiana, America. Residents of the town are known as Portonians. Grangemouth was founded by Sir Lawrence Dundas in 1768 as a result of the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal. Originally referred to as Sealock by workers brought in to labour on the canal digging and lock constructions, the name referred to the Forth and Clyde Canal connection to the sea and where it flowed into the River Forth. This township name was never approved by the founders. The settlement was also named Grangeburnmouth for a period and then finally to Grangemouth. As canal and general shipping traffic came to the town the area became more prosperous. This was aided by the high tariffs at the port of Leith in Edinburgh, which caused more traffic to pass through Grangemouth instead.
Cocteau Twins was a Scottish dream pop band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie on guitars and drum machine and Will Heggie on bass, adding Elizabeth Fraser on vocals in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrumentalist Simon Raymonde in 1983. The group earned critical praise for their ethereal, effects[disambiguation needed]-laden sound and the soprano vocals of Fraser, whose lyrics often abandon recognisable language. They pioneered the 1980s alternative rock subgenre of dream pop.
From 26 April, Scottish Coronavirus regulations permit unrestricted travel within Scotland and between Scotland and England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man. Travel restrictions remain in place for travel between Scotland and the rest of the world.
Tour Scotland Spring travel video of an April road trip drive, with Scottish music, West on the A904 road on visit to Grangemouth, Scots: Grangemooth; Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ghrainnse, a town in the Falkirk council area. Originally a bustling port, trade flowed through the town with the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal in the 18th century. Nowadays, the economy of Grangemouth is focused primarily on the large petrochemical industry of the area which includes the oil refinery, owned by Ineos, one of the largest of its kind in Europe. The town is twinned with La Porte, Indiana, America. Residents of the town are known as Portonians. Grangemouth was founded by Sir Lawrence Dundas in 1768 as a result of the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal. Originally referred to as Sealock by workers brought in to labour on the canal digging and lock constructions, the name referred to the Forth and Clyde Canal connection to the sea and where it flowed into the River Forth. This township name was never approved by the founders. The settlement was also named Grangeburnmouth for a period and then finally to Grangemouth. As canal and general shipping traffic came to the town the area became more prosperous. This was aided by the high tariffs at the port of Leith in Edinburgh, which caused more traffic to pass through Grangemouth instead.
Cocteau Twins was a Scottish dream pop band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie on guitars and drum machine and Will Heggie on bass, adding Elizabeth Fraser on vocals in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrumentalist Simon Raymonde in 1983. The group earned critical praise for their ethereal, effects[disambiguation needed]-laden sound and the soprano vocals of Fraser, whose lyrics often abandon recognisable language. They pioneered the 1980s alternative rock subgenre of dream pop.
From 26 April, Scottish Coronavirus regulations permit unrestricted travel within Scotland and between Scotland and England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man. Travel restrictions remain in place for travel between Scotland and the rest of the world.
This recording took place at the Society's apartments in Burlington House, Piccadilly. The Society of Antiquaries has recorded this content, with permission of the speaker(s), and made it available on YouTube and through it's website at www.sal.org.uk.
Tour Scotland Spring travel video of an April road trip drive, with Scottish music, West on the A904 road on visit to Grangemouth, Scots: Grangemooth; Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ghrainnse, a town in the Falkirk council area. Originally a bustling port, trade flowed through the town with the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal in the 18th century. Nowadays, the economy of Grangemouth is focused primarily on the large petrochemical industry of the area which includes the oil refinery, owned by Ineos, one of the largest of its kind in Europe. The town is twinned with La Porte, Indiana, America. Residents of the town are known as Portonians. Grangemouth was founded by Sir Lawrence Dundas in 1768 as a result of the construction of the Forth and Clyde Canal. Originally referred to as Sealock by workers brought in to labour on the canal digging and lock constructions, the name referred to the Forth and Clyde Canal connection to the sea and where it flowed into the River Forth. This township name was never approved by the founders. The settlement was also named Grangeburnmouth for a period and then finally to Grangemouth. As canal and general shipping traffic came to the town the area became more prosperous. This was aided by the high tariffs at the port of Leith in Edinburgh, which caused more traffic to pass through Grangemouth instead.
Cocteau Twins was a Scottish dream pop band active from 1979 to 1997. They were formed in Grangemouth by Robin Guthrie on guitars and drum machine and Will Heggie on bass, adding Elizabeth Fraser on vocals in 1981 and replacing Heggie with multi-instrumentalist Simon Raymonde in 1983. The group earned critical praise for their ethereal, effects[disambiguation needed]-laden sound and the soprano vocals of Fraser, whose lyrics often abandon recognisable language. They pioneered the 1980s alternative rock subgenre of dream pop.
From 26 April, Scottish Coronavirus regulations permit unrestricted travel within Scotland and between Scotland and England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, or the Isle of Man. Travel restrictions remain in place for travel between Scotland and the rest of the world.
Etymologically, Abercorn is a Cumbric place-name meaning 'mouth of the river Cornie'. The name of the river itself is also Cumbric and seems to derive from *kernan 'mound, hill' and so to be named after the hill on which Abercorn stands.
The English monk and historian Bede mentions Abercorn as the site of a monastery and seat of Bishop Trumwine who was the only bishop of the Northumbrian see of the Picts. The monastery is now known to have existed close to the present day church. The church itself dates partially from the 12th century, although its most interesting features are the private aisles created for the three major families of the area, the Dalyells, the Hamiltons, and later the Hopes, who had their own enclosure behind the altar built by architect William Bruce. The Hope mausoleum, designed by William Burn, is located in the kirkyard. Older burial monuments include Norsemen "hogback" stones, and fragments of 7th century Northumbrian crosses.
June 1, 2023 Overnight lane closures planned for DeRenne Avenue and AbercornStreet June 1 ... Overnight lane closures planned for DeRenne Avenue and Abercorn Street June 1 ... Avenue and Abercorn Street.
Daniel McCallion, owner of the Abercorn Bar and OffSales and star of the video which was recorded on Wednesday, told the Belfast Telegraph... Daniel says in the Abercorn Bar’s 40 year history, and ...
George Jones has told of his horror at being caught up in the Abercorn bomb — and his belief that the carpet in the restaurant saved dozens of people’s lives ... He had been performing on stage and helped people towards the exits ... the parka ... George Jones ... .
) Statement on the 50th anniversary of the Abercorn bomb ... The Abercorn bomb unleashed of course a whole series of atrocities - they are known to us, the list of death and mayhem from that year 1972 is distressing to recall.
The bombing of the Abercorn restaurant in Belfast will “endure in our collective memory as a warning to all people”, PresidentMichael D Higgins said on the 50th anniversary of the atrocity.
Irish PresidentMichael D Higgins has urged the public to reflect on the realities of conflict as he recalled the bombing of the Abercorn restaurant in Belfast in which young people enjoying coffee were killed.
Gloria Hunniford has revealed she could have been inside Belfast’s Abercorn restaurant 50 years ago this weekend when a bomb exploded, killing two young women and injuring 130 other people.
GLORIA Hunniford has revealed she could have been inside Belfast’s Abercorn restaurant 50 years ago this weekend when a bomb exploded, killing two young women and injuring 130 other people.
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